This summer, scores of midwives and advocates are working relentlessly to lobby federal lawmakers as they draft language for the Health Care Reform bill. The Obama administration has promised Americans a new law by fall of this year and Congress is working all summer on multiple versions of an omnibus bill that will bring sweeping changes to our health care system…maybe.
Though a reading of tea leaves is probably still the best way to predict what will actually pass into law, Certified Professional Midwives are aiming to be part of the brew. By getting CPMs listed as eligible Medicaid providers in each and every version of the Health Reform bill, the new MAMA Campaign (a coalition of organizations representing midwives and consumers) is forging a path that will bring multiple benefits to women seeking midwifery care from CPMs all across the country.
Please join the MAMA Campaign and pledge your support to this historic opportunity for midwifery in the US. Read more about the benefits of federal recognition of the CPM and the organizations that have come together to endorse this important work.